The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) today announced Arianna Huffington, the president and editor-in-chief of The AOL Huffington Post Media Group, and Steve Grove, head of News and Politics at YouTube, as the keynote speakers for the 2011 NYU-SCPS Convocation, which will take place on May 16, 2011. Huffington will speak at the School’s Convocation for graduate students in the morning, and Grove will address the School’s Convocation for undergraduate students later that same day.

The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) today announced Arianna Huffington, the president and editor-in-chief of
The AOL Huffington Post Media Group, and Steve Grove, head of News and Politics at YouTube, as the keynote speakers for the 2011 NYU-SCPS Convocation, which will take place on May 16, 2011. Huffington will speak at the School’s Convocation for graduate students in the morning, and Grove will address the School’s Convocation for undergraduate students later that same day.

Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington is the president and editor-in-chief of The AOL Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books.  Her latest, Third World America, published in September 2010, chronicles the struggles of America’s besieged middle class.  She is a frequent guest on television shows such as Charlie Rose, Real Time with Bill Maher, This Week with Christiane Amanpour, and The Rachel Maddow Show.

In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet.  She was named to the “Time 100” of 2011, Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people, and to the Financial Times’ list of 50 people who shaped the decade. 

Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in Economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

Steve Grove

Steve Grove directs the news and political content strategy for YouTube (at Google). In 2008, Grove developed YouTube’s political platform, which featured presidential and congressional candidates. In February 2010, it broadcast an exclusive interview with President Obama that provided viewers with the opportunity to submit questions—a format YouTube repeated in 2011, and has since employed to interview leaders worldwide.

Grove also created CitizenTube, a channel on YouTube that curates and promotes citizen-generated news clips of breaking news events, such as the recent protests in the Middle East. Additionally, Grove developed YouTube’s nonprofit program, which connects nonprofit organizations with volunteers who want to make a difference. Originally from Northfield, Minnesota, Grove worked at the Boston Globe and at ABC News prior to joining YouTube. He earned a Master’s in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2006. In December 2007, Newsweek named Grove one of its “12 people to watch.” He blogs regularly at www.citizentube.com.

NYU-SCPS Convocation Ceremonies

This year, the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies will confer master’s degrees and graduate certificates upon 869 graduate students, and associate’s and bachelor’s degrees upon 290 undergraduate students during its Convocation on May 16th, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.  The Graduate Convocation procession will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom, and the Undergraduate Convocation procession will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the same location. Receptions will follow each at 1:30 p.m. and at 7:30 pm. respectively.

For more information about the NYU-SCPS Convocation Ceremony, please visit scps.nyu.edu/graduation.

 

About the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Established in 1934, NYU-SCPS (scps.nyu.edu) is one of NYU’s several degree-granting schools and colleges, each with a unique academic profile. The reputation of NYU-SCPS arises from its place as the NYU home for study and applied research related to key knowledge-based industries where the New York region leads globally. This is manifest in the School’s diverse graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education programs in fields such as Real Estate and Construction Management; Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management; Global Affairs; Philanthropy and Fundraising; Graphic Communications Media, Publishing, and Digital Arts; Human Capital Management, Marketing, and Public Relations; with complementary strengths in the Liberal and Allied Arts, Translation and Interpreting, Management and Information Technology, and Finance and Taxation. More than 100 distinguished full-time faculty members collaborate with an exceptional cadre of practitioner/adjunct faculty and lecturers to create vibrant professional and academic networks that attract some 4,800 degree-seeking students from around the globe. In addition, the School fulfills the recurrent continuing higher education needs of local and professional communities, as evidenced by 54,000 annual enrollments in individual courses, specialized certificate programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, and public events. NYU-SCPS is especially proud of the ever-growing worldwide network of its supportive degree-holding alumni, now more than 25,000 strong.


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